Screening for Hepatitis C Virus: A Systematic Review

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The objectives are: (1) to assess the published research evidence on the clinical
effectiveness, harms, cost-effectiveness, and associated patients'
preferences and values of screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in
asymptomatic, non-pregnant, treatment-naive adults; and (2) to assess the published
research evidence on the ability of available antibody (Ab) and antigen (Ag)
screening tests to identify people in the general population with chronic HCV
infection.

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